One year ago, the Mountain West League and its Athletic Directors were stumbling over themselves; giddy as school girls to sign a 14 year TV deal worth $80 million dollars. This deal was the end all be all TV deals or the Millennium. I think it was more like the TV deal of the apocalypse. Hell its right out of the book of Revelation. “And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.” Revelations 6:8. The 2006 season for BYU fans was wonderful in that it was successful but it was also horrible as most people on the planet couldn’t get the MTN to watch any one of the Mountain West Football games. It appears that Year 2 will be just as miserable for Cougar fans. The good news is that Ute fans will continue to share in our misery.

In the good old days one was able to tune to the local tv stations and watch BYU or Utah Football quite easily. Sometimes ESPN was required and non prime time game times were the result but the games were still available. Even KBYU would broadcast games for those outside of Utah. Not any more. The MTN has ruined it and they don’t seem to give a damn.

MWC and its bozo schools signed a deal and then it came to light the following:
The mtn. is carried by just 17 cable stations and zero satellite distributors. Why not just give us a huge black out.

In today’s Deseret News Doug Robinson wrote an excellent column about the MWCTV Situation frustrating.

Robinsons Instructions to View All the Games on Cable.

“To view all of the games on cable, fans must live in the right place and have a cable package that includes some magical combination of Versus, ESPN, CSTV, Fox Sports Network, FSN, etc. Satellite people, you're out of luck. Come back next year.”

These are the viewing instructions on the Utes' Web site for TV coverage of Thursday's opener against Oregon State: "(The game) will be televised by FSN NW and shown locally on FSN Utah. FSN Utah can be found on channel 52 (Comcast cable), 426 (Dish Network) and 651 (DirecTV). The game will also have national coverage on FSC Pacific."

Nothing like simplifying the ability to tune in. However my Favorite quote from the
article: Chris Bevilacqua, a one-time partner in CSTV, tried mightily to convince us of the virtues of the "bold" mtn. deal earlier this year in a letter published in Street & Smith's. In this quest, he utterly failed.

"Although The mtn. hasn't yet achieved the penetration levels," he wrote, "let's remember the agreement has been in effect for less than seven months (now 14). Since it's a 14-year pact, there is plenty of time to achieve the broad distribution this kind of programming rightly deserves."

Great. Pardon our construction, but just wait another 13 years while they figure this thing out. Meanwhile, root for a team from another conference.

So let me get this straight in 14 years this will have resolved itself? So what happened to the MWC lawyer and lawsuit? Why doesn’t MWC leave this horrible contract? It appears that MTN is going to be bust because no one can tune it to watch… so how can they make their 80 million in cost back?

I love how The MTN and the Mountain West Conference wants us to become their little sales people by asking our TV providers to add the MTN to their line up. I have seen all the local Athletic Directors and Coaches say on Utah TV that there is nothing they can do and that we need to call our TV providers and get them to work out a deal.

CALL TO ACTION
Fans,
Like you, we would like extended distribution of our network. To do this, we encourage your support by making your voice heard and letting distributors know that you would like to see The Mtn. Distribution decisions are made by viewer demand so every call, email and letter will help.
Thank you.

Then the site lists all TV providers. Excuse me. You are providing a product and you want me to do your work so I can get your product. Thus I am calling on all faithful bloggers and webmasters to start a Google Bomb campaign against the MTN Network. The Google Bomb Phrase: The MTN Network HATES BYU FANS. Thats right kids post the following phrase that pays: The MTN Network HATES BYU FANS

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